Road-vehicle wheel having detachable tire



March 30 1926.- 1,579,044

T. WESTLEY ROAD VEHICLE WHEEL HAVING DETACHABLE TIRE Filed March 13, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l fiz'enzar' ZZaznaJ zeai'g March 30 1926. v

T. WESTLEY ROAD VEHICLE WHEEL HAVING DETAGHABLE TIRE Filed March 15, 1923 2 She'ets-Sheet 2 bosses are conveniently shaped as the CllSCS themselves.

Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

UNITED" s-rATEs THOMAS WESTLEY, oFnU nLEY, ENGLAND.

" ROAD-VEHICLE WHEEL HAVING BETAcniuatn "TIRE.

Application filed. March 13,1923." Serial No. 624,824.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, TIroMAs lVnsTLEY, subject of the King of Great Britain, re-

siding at Dudley Brass and Bronze Foun-J dry, Shaw Road, Dudley, Staffordshire, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Vehicle lVhees Having Detachable Tires, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to a road vehicle wheel of the disc type and adapted to carry a detachable tire. The wheel comprises two principal parts, the one a body-partconsisting of a disc-like side and a lateral flange permanently attached thereto, and the other a detachable disc-like outer side, upon'the V removal of which the tire can be easily detached.

'The' invention provides an arrangement wherein each disc-like side is provided with a definite boss for engagement within the cylindrical centre to aiford substantial internal diametric support to the latter. Said parts of Fastening devices are provided for securing the two principal parts together, said devices being locked in position by the bolts which serve for attaching the wheel to the axle box.

and rigidly applied to the cylindrical centre and to the detachable disc-like outer side,

and having their opposed faces adapted to be brought into engagement with one another by arelative part rotation of the disclike side about the cylindrical, centre, these plates affording a large area surface incontact for fastening.

The preferred embodiment of the inven tion is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein of this body part is that the side a provides at a a boss adapted to fit within the hollow ing provided between the two disc-like sides Said fastening devices are in the form of flat plates held at a distance apart I interior-ofthe lateral flange to support said flange, said boss surrounding the periphery of the disc. p

I The other principal part is an outer'disciilze side eformed' at .6 with aboundary flange for the reception of the beaded edge of the tire, and at c with a boss similar to v the boss (a aforesaid to fit, within the inte-' V flange.

The two principal parts are secured to one another and onto the axle box 7 by the bolts 9, a distance piece h of suitable material beriorof the lateral flange 0 to supportsaid to surround said axle box. c

The detachable outer side 6 rigidly carries upon its inner face plates 71 suitably distanced apart and adapted to co-act with similar plate-like pieces clattached to the interior of the lateral flange to constitute fastening devices and which, bya partial rotation of the detachable side, are moved in to and out of engagement for the purpose of holding the detachable side to the body. The bolts 9 serve as a lockingmeans for. these fastening devices. The pieces alfare pieces but in Fig. at they are shown as formed by portions of channel sectioned pieces k riveted at Z to the fixed side and lateral flange.

w in Figs. 1 to 8 as being in the formofangle 7 The detachable'side is provided with a faceted portion m for "eng g ment by" a spanner grip to'partially rotate it in order to bringthe fastening devices into and out of engagement. The fastening devices which may be formed in various ways, provided they are within the interior of the, wheel when the two latter are assembled.

principal parts of the E. It will be'c lear from the drawings how the discQlikes'ides by their boss formation intern'ally supportthe' lateral flange and how the fastening devices are located. within the lateral .flange between the two disc-like sides; and it will be understood that the parts of the fastening devices are first put into non-coincident position "and are then brought into engagement bythe part rotation of the detachable side upon the body.

In Fig. 1 thevalvestem is'indicated at 0 and theouter disc-like side is cutaway at 0 in order that-it may be accessible for inflation purposes, and the out-away part cov ered by the removable plate Having now described my invention What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is V A vehicle Wheel comprising an axle box, a

' disk secured to the axle box and having a Wardly at intervals, a rotatable detachable disk having a peripheral tire-engagingl flange with a cylindrical base to receive an engage under the outer edge of the rim flange, the rotatable detachable disk also having locking plate members secured thereto With the outer free extremities spaced therefrom to removably receive the inwardly projecting locking plates secured to the rim flange, and securing devices for uniting the disks and holding the detachable disk against rotation relatively to the said rim flange, the rotatable disk by its movement in one direction setting up a firm locking en- 'gagement of the locking plates With the locking plate members. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand; w

THOMAb WVES'I LEYQ 

